Traumafessions :: Reader Dana F. on The Price is Right, Tic Tac Dough, The Wizard of Oz, The Neverending Story & Raiders of the Lost Ark

I just discovered your site after a discussion on a Facebook thread about things that scared the bejeezus out of us when we were kids, and I thought I’d share some of mine.

1. The Cliffhanger on THE PRICE IS RIGHT. I wasn’t scared of the climber himself, but I was SO SCARED that he was going to fall off, and when he did, I’d bury my face in the couch cushions and scare bloody murder. I mean, this guy was FALLING TO HIS DEATH!!! It happens at 5:25 here:

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Game show trauma? That’s friggin’ incredible! I love it. I got really hooked on the Tic Tac Dough Dragon last year before GSN stopped playing the reruns. Wink Martindale is actually more terrifying. He had this very mannequin like quality about him. I mean, he was good, but like a Stepford Husband or something.

Bravo Dana Bravo. I really thought I was the only one. I think to myself often how I could be in love with all things scary and yet wet myself at the sight of a pixelated dragon. Ditto to the Cliffhanger. The yodeling still gives me chills.
I remember seeing Raiders in the theater for my 6th birthday. I didn’t see the face-melting joy of the end until I was at least 13. I only saw the inside of my jacket hood.